is the Japanese

rolling stock The term rolling stock in the rail transport industry refers to railway vehicles, including both powered and unpowered vehicles: for example, locomotives, Railroad car#Freight cars, freight and Passenger railroad car, passenger cars (or coaches) ...

manufacturing subsidiary of

Kawasaki Heavy Industries is a Japanese Public company, public multinational corporation manufacturer of motorcycles, engines, Heavy equipment (construction), heavy equipment, aerospace and Military, defense equipment, rolling stock and ships, headquartered in Minato, To ...

. Since beginning operations in 1906, the company has produced more than 90,000

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Products

As indicated by the company name, the company mainly produces railroad vehicles. Since the early-1980s, Kawasaki has received orders from customers in foreign countries, including the

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Bangladesh Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world and among the List of countries and dependencies by ...

and the

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. All products manufactured for the US rail market are sold through Kawasaki Rail Car Inc., another division of Kawasaki Heavy Industries. An assembly plant in

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produces fully completed cars and " knocked down" cars. Because of substantial sales to the

New York City Subway The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system in New York City serving the New York City boroughs, boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx. It is owned by the government of New York City and leased to the New York City Tr ...

and various commuter lines, an additional assembly plant was established in

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, in 1986 for final assembly of cars built in Lincoln, at the site of a former

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factory. The

of the

Dhaka Metro Rail The Dhaka Metro Rail () is a rapid transit, mass rapid transit system serving Dhaka (currently from Uttara North to Motijheel), the capital and largest city of Bangladesh. It is operated by the Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL). Toget ...

's first line, MRT Line-6, is made by Kawasaki. In November 2020, Kawasaki Heavy Industries announced that it would spin off some of its businesses, including the rolling stock division from October 2021.

Japan Railways Group

Products produced for the

Japan Railways Group The Japan Railways Group, commonly known as the or simply JR, is a network of railway companies in Japan formed after the Corporate spin-off, division and privatization of the government-owned Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987. ...

, or JR Group, include: *

Shinkansen The , colloquially known in English as the bullet train, is a network of high-speed railway lines in Japan. It was initially built to connect distant Japanese regions with Tokyo, the capital, to aid economic growth and development. Beyond lon ...

: All types except N700A series, N700S series and 800 series * JR / JNR local lines: ** Former JNR: 103 series, 201 series, 203 series, 207-900 series,

211 series The is a suburban electric multiple unit (EMU) train type introduced in 1985 by the Japanese National Railways (JNR). The trains are still being used by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). They were formerly used by the West Japan Railwa ...

EMUs ** JR Central: 311 series, 371 series, 383 series EMUs **

JR East The is a major passenger railway company in Japan and the largest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR-EAST or JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are in ...

: 651 series,

209 series The is an electric multiple unit (EMU) commuter train type operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in the Tokyo area of Japan since 1993. The series was introduced in 1992 for experimental operations (as the 901 series) and in 1993 fo ...

, E231 series,

E233 series The is a commuter and suburban electric multiple unit (EMU) train type developed by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) from the earlier E231 series and the E531 series design. The first train was introduced in December 2006 for use on the Ch� ...

, E331 series, E501 series, E531 series, 701 series,

E721 series The is an AC electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) on services in the Sendai area of Japan since February 2007. Variants * E721-0 series 2-car sets, since February 2007 * E721-500 series 2-c ...

EMUs **

JR Hokkaido The is one of the constituent companies of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group), and is often referred to by its official abbreviation: . It operates intercity and local rail services in Hokkaido, Japan. The company introduced Kitaca, a smart c ...

: 721 series, 731 series, 785 series, 789 series EMUs **

JR West , also referred to as , is one of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) companies and operates in western Honshu. It has its headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka. It is listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange, is a constituent of the TOPIX Large70 index, ...

: 281 series, 283 series, 285 series, 287 series, 681 series, 683 series, 207 series, 323 series, 223 series, 225 series, 227 series, 521 series, 125 series EMUs, 87 series (KiSaINe 86 type Sleeping cars) Hybrid MU **

JR Shikoku The , commonly known as , is the smallest of the seven constituent companies of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group). It operates of intercity and local rail services in the four Prefectures of Japan, prefectures on the island of Shikoku in Jap ...

: 5000 series (5000 type cab cars, 5200 type intermediate cars), 8600 series EMUs, 2600 series, 2700 series DMUs **

JR Kyushu The , also referred to as , is one of the seven constituent companies of Japan Railways Group (JR Group). It operates intercity rail services within Kyushu, Japan. It formerly operated the Beetle hydrofoil service across the Tsushima Strait be ...

: JR Kyushu Class DF200-7000 diesel locomotive, YC1 series Hybrid MU ** JR Freight: JR Freight Class EF510 electric locomotives, JR Freight Class DF200 diesel locomotives File:C571 SL Yamaguchi 20170506.jpg, JNR class C57 steam locomotive File:JNR EL EF65-86.jpg, JNR class EF65 locomotive File:Freight DF200 105.JPG, class DF200 diesel locomotive File:JNR EC TYPE63 Prototype.jpg, JNR 63 series EMU File:JNR 583 raicho kuhane581-27 osaka.jpg, JNR 583 series sleeping EMU File:JR East GV-E400 Niitsu Station 20200404.jpg, GV-E400 series DMU File:JRC 383 Shinano 201200913.jpg, 383 series tilting EMU File:Shinkansen type 0 Hikari 19890506a.jpg, 0 series shinkansen File:Type923-T4.jpg, Doctor Yellow Shinkansen File:JRF-Koki104-2078.jpg, container carrier car koki104

Major private railway corporation

Production for the following private railways include: *

Hanshin Electric Railway is a Japanese private railway company owned by Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group that links Osaka and Kobe. It also owns the Hanshin Tigers baseball team. The first character for Kobe (神戸) and the second character for Osaka (大阪) combine to form ...

* Keihan Electric Railway * Keihin Electric Express Railway * Nishi-Nippon Railroad * Odakyu Electric Railway *

Tokyo Metro The Tokyo Metro () is a major rapid transit system in Tokyo, Japan, operated by the #Organization, Tokyo Metro Co. With an average daily ridership of 6.52 million passengers (as of 2023), the Tokyo Metro is the larger of the Tokyo subway, two s ...

File:Hanshin-Series9000-9201.jpg, Hanshin Electric 9000 series EMU File:Keikyu-Type2100-73.jpg, Keihin Electric Railway (Keikyu) 2100 series File:TokyoMetro-16000-01.jpg, Tokyo Metro 16000 series EMU

Other railway companies in Japan

* Hokushin Kyuko Electric Railway (All cars) * Kobe Electric Railway (All cars) * Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company (All cars) * Saitama Railway * Sanyo Electric Railway (All cars) * Semboku Rapid Railway * Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit (All cars) * Osaka Metro ( 30000 series)

Public transportation bureaus

* Fukuoka City Transportation Bureau * Kobe Municipal Transportation Bureau (All cars) * Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau * Sapporo City Transportation Bureau (All subways, some tramways) * Sendai City Transportation Bureau *

Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation The , also known as Toei Transportation, Toei Transport, or simply , is a bureau of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government which operates public transport services in Tokyo. Among its services, the Toei Subway is one of two rapid transit systems wh ...

Yokohama City Transportation Bureau The Yokohama City Transportation Bureau, legally the is the local government administrative agency in charge of public transportation, public transport services in the city of Yokohama, Japan. Subway operations The Yokohama Municipal Subway con ...

** 4000 series ** 10000 series File:ST SN5000 20061102 001.jpg, Sapporo Municipal Subway File:Yokohama-City-Subway 10061.jpg, Yokohama Municipal Subway

Monorails & ATGs

Production for

Monorail A monorail is a Rail transport, railway in which the track consists of a single rail or beam. Colloquially, the term "monorail" is often used to describe any form of elevated rail or people mover. More accurately, the term refers to the style ...

s and

Automated guideway transit An automated guideway transit (AGT) or automated fixed-guideway transit or automatic guideway transit system is a type of fixed guideway transit infrastructure with a riding or suspension track that supports and physically guides one or more dri ...

s (ATG) include: * Hiroshima Rapid Transit * Kobe New Transit (All cars) * Kitakyushu Urban Monorail * Okinawa Urban Monorail * Osaka Monorail * Saitama New Urban Transit * Tama Toshi Monorail

Overseas clients

– Green Train * Chinese Ministry of Railways – Type 6K, Type

CRH2 The CRH2 Hexie (train), Hexie () is one of the high-speed train models in China. The CRH2 is based on the E2 Series Shinkansen, E2-1000 Series Shinkansen design from Japan with the license purchased from a consortium formed of Kawasaki Heavy Ind ...

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

MTR The Mass Transit Railway system, known locally by the initialism MTR, is a rapid transit system in Hong Kong and the territory's principal mode of Rail transport in Hong Kong, railway transportation. Operated by the MTR Corporation (MTRCL), ...

– SP1900 EMU * Hong Kong MTR Light Rail – Phase II LRV power cabs/trailers *

Long Island Rail Road The Long Island Rail Road , or LIRR, is a Rail transport, railroad in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of New York (state), New York, stretching from Manhattan to the eastern tip of Suffolk County, New York, Suffolk County on Long Islan ...

– C-3 bilevel cars, M9/M9A cars * MARC – MARC III bilevel commuter cars (ex-VRE C Cars refurbished by Bombardier Transportation) *

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (abbreviated MBTA and known colloquially as "the T") is the public agency responsible for operating most public transportation services in Greater Boston, Massachusetts. The MBTA transit network in ...

MBTA Commuter Rail The MBTA Commuter Rail system serves as the commuter rail arm of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's (MBTA's) transportation coverage of Greater Boston in the United States. Trains run over of track on 12 lines to 142 stations. It ...

– BTC-4, CTC-4, BTC-4A/4B/4C bi-level commuter cars *

– R62, R68A, R110A, R142A, R143, R160B, R188, R211 cars *

Metro-North Railroad The Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company , also branded as MTA Metro-North Railroad and commonly called simply Metro-North, is a suburban commuter rail service operated by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), a New York State publ ...

– M8, M9/M9A cars *

PATH A path is a route for physical travel – see Trail. Path or PATH may also refer to: Physical paths of different types * Bicycle path * Bridle path, used by people on horseback * Course (navigation), the intended path of a vehicle * Desir ...

– PA4 and PA5 cars * Panama Canal Authority – Towing locomotives along with Toyo Denki Seizo K.K. and

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational engineering, electrical equipment and electronics corporation headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. MHI is one of the core companies of the Mitsubishi Group and its automobile division is the prede ...

* Singapore Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) – C151 with

Kinki Sharyo is a Japanese manufacturer of railroad vehicles based in Osaka. It is an affiliate company of Kintetsu Corporation. In business since 1920 as Tanaka Rolling Stock Works, and renamed The Kinki Sharyo Co., Ltd in 1945, they produce rolling stock f ...

, Tokyu Car and

Nippon Sharyo , formed in 1896, is a major rolling stock, Heavy equipment, heavy equipment, Diesel generator, generator, Special-purpose entity, special purpose vehicle and bridge manufacturer based in Nagoya, Japan. In 1996, it abbreviated its ...

, C751B with Nippon Sharyo, C151A, C151B, C151C and T251 with CSR/CRRC Qingdao Sifang *

Keretapi Tanah Melayu Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB) (; Jawi: ) or colloquially referred to simply as KTM, is the main rail operator in Peninsular Malaysia. The railway system dates back to the British colonial era, when it was first built to transport tin. ...

– Class 24 Diesel-electric locomotives with Toshiba Corporation *

SEPTA SEPTA, the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, is a regional public transportation authority that operates bus, rapid transit, commuter rail, light rail, and electric trolleybus services for nearly four million people througho ...

– Broad Street subway Class B-IV cars; LRV K Series 9000 and 100 subway–surface / suburban trolleys *

Taipei Metro Taipei Metro (also known as Taipei Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) and branded as Metro Taipei) is a rapid transit system operated by the Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation serving the capital Taipei and New Taipei City in Taiwan. It was the first rapi ...

– C301 with Union Rail Car Partnership, C371 and C381 with Taiwan Rolling Stock Company * Taoyuan Airport MRT – commuter trains with Taiwan Rolling Stock Company, express trains * Taichung MRT – Green Line EMU with Taiwan Rolling Stock Company *

Taiwan High Speed Rail Taiwan High Speed Rail (THSR) is a high-speed railway network in Taiwan, which consists of a single line that runs approximately along the western coast of the island, from the capital Taipei in the north to the southern city of Kaohsiung. Its c ...

– 700T *

Virginia Railway Express Virginia Railway Express (VRE) is a commuter rail service that connects outlying small cities of Northern Virginia to Washington Union Station in Washington, D.C. It operates two lines which run during weekday rush hour only: the Fredericksbur ...

– C Car bilevel commuter cars, since sold to MARC Train *

Washington Metro The Washington Metro, often abbreviated as the Metro and formally the Metrorail, is a rapid transit system serving the Washington metropolitan area of the United States. It is administered by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority ...

– 7000 series cars File:New Lots ShenanigansR62 (3) Train.jpg, A train of Kawasaki R62 subway cars on the 3 service of the

File:Exclusa Miraflores Canal de Panama Panorama.jpg, Towing locomotives at Panama Canal File:Kcr lrt 1090+1205.jpg, Hong Kong

Light Rail Light rail (or light rail transit, abbreviated to LRT) is a form of passenger urban rail transit that uses rolling stock derived from tram technology National Conference of the Transportation Research Board while also having some features from ...

Phase II LRV cab car and trailer File:Singapore MRT.jpg, Kawasaki Heavy Industries C151 Singapore MRT File:Kawasaki Heavy Industries & CSR Sifang C151A at Canberra Station 0125.jpg, Kawasaki Heavy Industries & CSR Sifang C151A Singapore MRT File:C371 approaching Platform 2, CKS Meml Hall 20110225.jpg, A C371 train on the

Songshan–Xindian line File:THSR 700T TR17 20130907.jpg, Taiwan Highspeed Rail 700T File:CRH2A-4028 at Pearl River West Bridge (20180924125904).jpg, China CRH2 File:Woodlawn Bound (2).jpg, R142A subway cars on the 4 service of the

File:MTA NYC Subway F train arriving at Avenue P.JPG, R160B subway cars on the F service of the

File:M8 9101 at New Haven Yard, September 2016.jpg, Metro North Railroad M8 File:WMATA Kawaski Consists on the Green Line at Fort Totten.jpg, Washington Metro 7000 series File:LIRR C3 5019 on Train 6506.jpg, Long Island Railroad C3 Bilevel File:Needham Line train 614.jpg, MBTA CTC-4 bilevel cab car

References

External links

Rolling Stock official webpage

Official website
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